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SOCIALCARBON Standard. Guide for certification of carbon offset projects March, 2011.
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SOCIALCARBON Standard Guide for certification of carbon offset projects March, 2011
Project developers establish a baseline using the standard's assessment tools. Developers must then demonstrate improvements in relation to this baseline through SOCIALCARBON monitoring reports that are independently verified by certifying entities. SOCIALCARBON criteria Continual improvement
MRV for co-benefits Verified by: 2 - Report 3- Verify 1 -Measure
How does it work? 1 - Use of six basic resources: Social, Human, Financial, Natural, Biodiversity and Carbon. 2 - The indicators have a score beginning at the most precarious scenario (level 1) and ending at the ideal situation (sustainable use of resource – level 6). 3 - All the data is collected through participative methods (interviews, questionnaires and meetings with stakeholders). 4 -The average score by the indicators is plotted in a hexagon.
SOCIALCARBON: Project Cycle Feasibility Study SOCIAL CARBON REPORT (POINT ZERO) VCS_PDD D.O.E. VALIDATION D.O.E. VALIDATION SOCIALCARBON STANDARD & INDICATORS UNFCCC & VCS METHODOLOGIES MONITORING & ACTION PLAN MONITORING D.O.E. VERFICATION (POINT ONE) D.O.E. VERIFICATION Carbon Accounting Sustainability DOCUMENTS AND STATESMENT ISSUANCE PAYMENT OF VCS LEVY PAYMENT OF SOCIALCARBON LEVY REGISTRATION INTO MARKIT REGISTRY
Questionnaires Interviews Public meetings Documents Site visit
SOCIALCARBON Report Evidence: Site visits| Questionnaires | | Public meetings | Documents | Interviews
Flexible, Practical: Continual Improvement (PDCA) • Adding sustainability to the projects, not selecting sustainable projects • Bottom-Up not Top-Down: Local priorities -> long term sustainability Verified by:
Thank you! Cecília Michellis cecilia@socialcarbon.org www.socialcarbon.org